JANES 18, 48 20 (P200663)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-104

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of bread rations; 5x5 lines; 4.1x3.6)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) ninda [...]
2. sze-ba x x [...]
3. diri x [...]
4. ki sag-{d}[...]
5. [...]
reverse
1. szu ba#-[ti]
  1 line blank
2. iti kin-{d}inanna#
3. mu dumu-munus lugal [...] lugal an!-sza-na x [...] ba-an-tuku#
seal 1
  illegible

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Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: JANES 18 (pp. 31-51), 48 20

    [van de Mieroop1986JANES18] Van De Mieroop, Marc. 1986. “Nippur Texts from the Early Isin Period.” Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, New York 18 (1): 31–51.

  • history: JCS 24 (pp. 17-19), David I., JCS 24 (1971) 018, UM 55-21-104

    [Owen1971Iddin-Dagān] Owen, David I. 1971. “Incomplete Year Formulae of Iddin-Dagān Again.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 24 (1–2): 17–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359342.

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  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-104
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 2N-T0630
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    OI/UM 1949-50: TB 196, level IV 1 fill int

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-21 at 13:48:15 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-20 at 18:58:42 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-06-10 at 08:27:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:32:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:23 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact

“JANES 18, 48 20 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200663.
JANES 18, 48 20 artifact entry (No. P200663). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200663 (Original work published 2002)
JANES 18, 48 20 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200663 (Accessed: December 6, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {JANES 18, 48 20 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200663},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200663},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“JANES 18, 48 20 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200663.
JANES 18, 48 20 artifact entry (No. P200663). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200663 (Original work published 2002)
JANES 18, 48 20 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200663 (Accessed: December 6, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200663},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200663},
}

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